1 Timothy · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
1 Timothy 3 Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
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Notes on this text (2)
- The Old Testament is translated from the Hebrew, not from the Septuagint read in the Orthodox Church; there are no deuterocanonical books.
- Katharevousa (learned 19th-century Greek), as in the CrossWire module (text from theword.gr).
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
1 Πιστός ο λόγος· Εάν τις ορέγηται επισκοπήν, καλόν έργον επιθυμεί.
1 PALABRA fiel: Si alguno apetece obispado, buena obra desea.
1 This is a faithful saying: someone who seeks to be an overseer desires a good work.
2 Πρέπει λοιπόν ο επίσκοπος να ήναι άμεμπτος, μιας γυναικός ανήρ, άγρυπνος, σώφρων, κόσμιος, φιλόξενος, διδακτικός,
2 Conviene, pues, que el obispo sea irreprensible, marido de una mujer, solícito, templado, compuesto, hospedador, apto para enseñar;
2 The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;
3 ουχί μέθυσος, ουχί πλήκτης, ουχί αισχροκερδής, αλλ' επιεικής, άμαχος, αφιλάργυρος,
3 No amador del vino, no heridor, no codicioso de torpes ganancias, sino moderado, no litigioso, ajeno de avaricia;
3 not a drinker, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous;
4 κυβερνών καλώς τον εαυτού οίκον, έχων τα τέκνα αυτού εις υποταγήν μετά πάσης σεμνότητος·
4 Que gobierne bien su casa, que tenga sus hijos en sujeción con toda honestidad;
4 one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;
5 διότι εάν τις δεν εξεύρη να κυβερνά τον εαυτού οίκον, πως θέλει επιμεληθή την εκκλησίαν του Θεού;
5 (Porque el que no sabe gobernar su casa, ¿cómo cuidará de la iglesia de Dios?)
5 (for how could someone who doesn’t know how to rule his own house take care of God’s assembly?)
6 να μη ήναι νεοκατήχητος, διά να μη υπερηφανευθή και πέση εις την καταδίκην του διαβόλου.
6 No un neófito, porque inflándose no caiga en juicio del diablo.
6 not a new convert, lest being puffed up he fall into the same condemnation as the devil.
7 Πρέπει δε αυτός να έχη και παρά των έξωθεν μαρτυρίαν καλήν, διά να μη πέση εις ονειδισμόν και παγίδα του διαβόλου.
7 También conviene que tenga buen testimonio de los extraños, porque no caiga en afrenta y en lazo del diablo.
7 Moreover he must have good testimony from those who are outside, to avoid falling into reproach and the snare of the devil.
8 Οι διάκονοι ωσαύτως πρέπει να ήναι σεμνοί, ουχί δίγλωσσοι, ουχί δεδομένοι εις οίνον πολύν, ουχί αισχροκερδείς,
8 Los diáconos asimismo, [deben ser] honestos, no bilingües, no dados á mucho vino, no amadores de torpes ganancias;
8 Servants, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for money,
9 έχοντες το μυστήριον της πίστεως μετά καθαράς συνειδήσεως.
9 Que tengan el misterio de la fe con limpia conciencia.
9 holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
10 Και ούτοι δε ας δοκιμάζωνται πρώτον, έπειτα ας γίνωνται διάκονοι, εάν ήναι άμεμπτοι.
10 Y éstos también sean antes probados; y así ministren, si fueren sin crimen.
10 Let them also first be tested; then let them serve if they are blameless.
11 Αι γυναίκες ωσαύτως σεμναί, ουχί κατάλαλοι, εγκρατείς, πισταί κατά πάντα.
11 Las mujeres asimismo, honestas, no detractoras, templadas, fieles en todo.
11 Their wives in the same way must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, and faithful in all things.
12 Οι διάκονοι ας ήναι μιας γυναικός άνδρες, κυβερνώντες καλώς τα τέκνα αυτών και τους οίκους αυτών.
12 Los diáconos sean maridos de una mujer, que gobiernen bien sus hijos y sus casas.
12 Let servants be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
13 Διότι οι καλώς διακονήσαντες αποκτώσιν εις εαυτούς βαθμόν καλόν και πολλήν παρρησίαν εις την πίστιν την εις τον Ιησούν Χριστόν.
13 Porque los que bien ministraren, ganan para sí buen grado, y mucha confianza en la fe que es en Cristo Jesús.
13 For those who have served well gain for themselves a good standing and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
14 Ταύτα σοι γράφω, ελπίζων να έλθω προς σε ταχύτερον·
14 Esto te escribo con esperanza que iré presto á ti:
14 These things I write to you, hoping to come to you shortly,
15 αλλ' εάν βραδύνω, διά να εξεύρης πως πρέπει να πολιτεύησαι εν τω οίκω του Θεού, όστις είναι η εκκλησία του Θεού του ζώντος, ο στύλος και το εδραίωμα της αληθείας.
15 Y si no fuere tan presto, para que sepas cómo te conviene conversar en la casa de Dios, que es la iglesia del Dios vivo, columna y apoyo de la verdad.
15 but if I wait long, that you may know how men ought to behave themselves in God’s house, which is the assembly of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
16◆ Και αναντιρρήτως το μυστήριον της ευσεβείας είναι μέγα· ο Θεός εφανερώθη εν σαρκί, εδικαιώθη εν πνεύματι, εφάνη εις αγγέλους, εκηρύχθη εις τα έθνη, επιστεύθη εις τον κόσμον, ανελήφθη εν δόξη.
16 Y sin contradicción, grande es el misterio de la piedad: Dios ha sido manifestado en carne; ha sido justificado con el Espíritu; ha sido visto de los ángeles; ha sido predicado á los Gentiles; ha sido creído en el mundo; ha sido recibido en gloria.
16 Without controversy, the mystery of godliness is great: God was revealed in the flesh, justified in the spirit, seen by angels, preached among the nations, believed on in the world, and received up in glory.
Cross references (16)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Titus 1:7; Acts 20:28; 1 Peter 5:2; 1 Peter 2:25; James 5:19–20
- 2 Titus 1:6–9; 2 Timothy 2:24; Romans 12:13; 1 Timothy 5:9; 1 Peter 4:9
- 3 Titus 1:7; Titus 3:2; Isaiah 28:7; 1 Timothy 3:8; Ephesians 5:18
- 4 Titus 1:6; Genesis 18:19; 1 Timothy 3:12; Titus 2:2; Joshua 24:15
- 5 1 Samuel 3:13; Ephesians 5:24; Acts 20:28; Ephesians 5:32; Ephesians 1:22
- 6 1 Timothy 6:4; Hebrews 5:12–13; 1 Peter 5:5; 1 Peter 2:2; 1 Corinthians 3:1
- 7 2 Corinthians 8:21; 2 Timothy 2:26; Colossians 4:5; 2 Corinthians 6:3; Acts 6:3
- 8 Philippians 1:1; Acts 6:3–6; Titus 2:3; 1 Timothy 5:23; 1 Timothy 3:3
- 9 1 Timothy 1:19; 2 John 9–10; 1 Timothy 1:5; 1 Timothy 3:16
- 10 1 Timothy 5:22; 1 Timothy 3:13; Titus 1:6–7; 1 Timothy 3:6; 1 Timothy 3:2
- 11 Titus 2:3; Titus 3:2; 1 Timothy 3:2; Proverbs 10:18; 2 Timothy 3:3
- 12 1 Timothy 3:2; 1 Timothy 3:4–5; Philippians 1:1; 1 Timothy 3:8
- 13 Matthew 25:21; Hebrews 6:10; Acts 6:15–7:53; 1 Peter 4:10–11; Romans 12:7–8
- 14 Philemon 22; 1 Corinthians 11:34; 2 John 12; 1 Thessalonians 2:18; 1 Timothy 4:13
- 15 1 Peter 2:5; Ephesians 2:21–22; 1 Chronicles 22:13; 1 Thessalonians 1:9; 1 Kings 2:4
- 16 John 1:14; Hebrews 1:3; Mark 16:19; Romans 16:25; 1 John 5:6–8
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
Why does my Bible say something different?
- 1 Timothy 3:16: “God was manifest” or “He who was manifested”?
The Byzantine text, followed by the Patriarchal Text and the KJV, reads “God was manifest in the flesh.” The oldest manuscripts read “who was manifested,” and the Latin reads “which was manifested.” In ancient Greek manuscripts the abbreviated word for “God” and the word “who” looked almost the same. Either way, the hymn speaks of Christ incarnate.
What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
As now proceeding to discourse of the Episcopal office, he sets out with showing what sort of a person a Bishop ought to be. And here he does not do it as in the course of his exhortation to Timothy, but addresses all, and instructs others through him. And what says he?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 13 (1889)
For, since there are four zones of the world in which we live, and four principal winds, while the Church is scattered throughout all the world, and the "pillar and ground" of the Church is the Gospel and the spirit of life; it is fitting that she should have four pillars, breathing out immortality on every side, and vivifying men …
It is to this the apostle refers when he says, "He that desireth the episcopate desireth a good work." He wished to show that the episcopate is the title of a work, not of an honor.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
… which make havoc of the whole world, had their entering in from pride:--for both the devil, not being such before, did thus become a devil; as indeed Paul plainly declared, saying, "Lest being lifted up with pride, he fall into the condemnation of the devil:" --and the first man, too, puffed up by the devil with these hopes, was made …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
Concerning this Holy Catholic Church Paul writes to Timothy, That thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the House of God, which is the Church of the Living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)